google/gopacket
Provides packet processing capabilities for Go observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
38/100
- Activity 12
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4188
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 532
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
6795 stars · 1157 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
GoPacket is a Go library that provides packet decoding and processing capabilities, originally forked from the gopcap project. It enables Go programs to parse, decode, and analyze network packets across many protocols.
Use cases
- decode network packets in Go
- parse pcap capture files
- build a network traffic analyzer
- inspect TCP/IP packet layers
- sniff packets on a network interface
- extract protocol fields from raw packet bytes
When to choose
- you need low-level packet decoding in a Go program
- you're building network monitoring, IDS, or traffic analysis tools
- you need to read or write pcap files
When to avoid
- you need high-level HTTP client/server functionality rather than raw packet handling
- you need guaranteed active development - the project is largely in maintenance mode
- you're working outside Go
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
parser networking developer-tools networking security developer-tools windows bsd go cross-platform packet-capture pcap packet-decoding network-analysis tcp-ip linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/google/gopacket · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9a6d697bfec0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| google/gopacket | main | 38 |
For agents
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem